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…  when family hurts

Come into my office, make yourself comfortable, let’s chat.

Do you have a fixed idea about what family is? Many people do. However, despite our pre-conceived notions about what a family is, or is not, families are increasingly complex and varied. Maybe your family is classified as “normal” and “nuclear” , conjugal, or maybe something less traditional. If so, you are in the right place.

My clients are people who identify themselves as being in (or outside) a family, which may be considered alternative; divorced, blended, single parent, same sex parents, inter-racial, adopted (or having given up a child for adoption), fostered (or having had a child removed from their care and placed into a fostering or alternative living arrangement) multi-generational (including grandparents raising grandchildren), kinship or tribal carers. I also specialize in working with families, or members of families, who are estranged.

My clients’ family relationships tend to be complex, sometimes difficult or even downright unmanageable! However, no matter how troublesome these relationships might be, my clients generally agree that our family, our tribe, is of central importance. They are highly committed to creating and maintaining high quality, nurturing and loving families.

Identity, Belonging, Peace

Our circumstances, right now, here today, are the ultimate reflection of how much regard we have for ourselves and what we think that we deserve.There is a whole world of choices in-between putting up with unhappy relationships and situations and fleeing or estranging from them. There are other options. Life is not either or. We have every right to live without chaos and pain. We may not think we have choices. But we do. We may feel powerless to create peacefulness. However, we can. When we wish to end our suffering, we will. We don’t have to remain in pain, if we don’t want to.

Like my other clients, you might benefit from working with me if you:

  • Identify with the label “alternative family”.
  • Identify with being “estranged” from a family member or members.
  • Consider yourself to have good insight into your current family problems, or be keen to develop such insight.
  • Are willing to be open, authentic and committed to make changes to create the relationships you have always wanted.
  • Have an interest in holistic healing and be willing to explore the body, mind, spirit connection to healing and wellness.
  • Have a deep level of awareness that your family relationships continue to impact your adult life, and have a desire to feel a greater sense of resolution and control over this.
  • Genuinely want to resolve family issues and patterns so that you are free to move forward to create loving, vibrant, healthy relationships with others.
Perhaps you need help with an imminent crisis that is causing you concern, or maybe you are looking how to move through loss and grieving over a past relationship, or you might want to identify and resolve relationship patterns that are interfering with your current relationships or parenting.  Family coaching and counseling are an opportunity to explore your issues in a supported, purposeful way.

That’s where E-Stranged Family Coaching & Counseling can help!

If you would like to know more about the services I offer or what you might expect from Coaching or Counseling please have a look at the About Me, About The Way I Work, About My Clients and the Personal Coaching, Group Coaching sections of this website.

Feel free to contact me with any of your questions. I’m looking forward to hearing from you. Remember, family shouldn’t have to hurt!